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The state government will adopt the Israel pattern for water conservation in Vidarbha, Marathwada and other drought-affected areas of Maharashtra, said water conservation minister Pankaja Munde.

Gajanan Munishwar senior priest and champion of the concept to use chemical conservation on idol met Chavan on Wednesday to discuss the pending issue.

Fortis Hospitals, Bannerghatta Road, Bengaluru has recently been awarded the prestigious "National Energy Conservation Award" for the year 2014, by the central Bureau of Energy efficiency (BEE), Ministry of Power. We raise our voice, so that our echo may shape a better tomorrow. TIMES NOW- Action Begins Here

The award was presented at New Delhi by Piyush Goyal, Minister of State for Power, Coal and Energy.

The award was in recognition for the best initiatives in energy savings and for the quantum of savings achieved in electricity usage. The National Energy Conservation Awards are given to selected Industrial units and hospitals that have made systematic and serious attempts for efficient utilization and conservation of energy.

The award was given by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power, Government of India.

Fortis Hospitals, Bannerghatta Road, Bengaluru has been awarded the prestigious "National Energy Conservation Award" for the year 2014.

After a successful first phase in Pune, Racold Thermo Ltd is spreading the message of 'energy conservation' in Bangalore. To generate awareness about energy savings and inculcate a sense of responsibility towards the environment, Racold Thermo in association with Green Energy Foundation (GEF) today announced the launch of the 'Switch2Green' in Bangalore. Switch2Green contest is an initiative to recognize the diligent, systematic and serious efforts by housing societies for efficient utilization and conservation of energy

NGO Prawah, working with the department of forest for the Wildlife Conservation Week, is organizing an awareness programme 'Freezing Flash Mob' at Traffic Park, Futala, WHC Road and Poonam Chambers between 4 and 6pm on Sunday. Finale of the week will be held at Vasantrao Deshpande Hall where different schools and colleges are competing by performing different acts on Wildlife Conservation Week at 5pm on Tuesday.

Government will on September 25 launch a national water conservation programme.

Union water resources minister Uma Bharti announces that the year 2015-16 will be observed as a "water conservation year".

The Central Ground Water Broad will conduct a one day workshop on 'water conservation' at Anna University on Monday. Dr R Sakthivadivel, Emeritus Professor and former director of Centre for Water Resources, Anna University will be present.

Department of culture, UP is organising a workshop on the issue of conservation engineering to achieve better upkeep of heritage buildings. The three day workshop is being supported by INTACH. Sent from BSNL with my BlackBerry® smartphone

As an offshoot of the recently concluded International Conference on `Ecosystem Conservation, Climate Change and Sustainable Development (ECOCASD 2013)&rsquo, Scientists and Naturalists have submitted a set of 10 recommendations including Food Security and &lsquoClimate Smart&rsquo Farming, Green Charter for higher education and Global collaboration for Eco-restoration among others, to the Centre. They have sought to include Ecosystem conservation, climate change and sustainable development as part of higher education curriculum particularly in business schools, IIMs, and other professional institutes.